The Army established a new proven watercraft capability on White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa, Jan. 20-22, that can improve efficiency and save time in future sea operations.

Matej-Kocak News: Crowley Awarded MSC Contract For ROCON Fleet, US Naval Ship Aground Off Japanese Coast, MSC's Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron One. Monday, July 29, 2024.

Military Sealift Command booked the USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak, an 821-foot-long cargo ship, to carry cargo for Pacific Pathways exercises, but the ship's draft, at 33.5 feet, was too deep for the Naha ...

The Sgt. Matej Kocak, a Military Sealift Command ship led by a civilian crew, ran aground off the coast of Uruma at 11:30 a.m. local time and the Navy was working with Japan to free the 821-foot ...

Because the USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak was damaged in an incident at sea Jan. 22 shortly after it left Okinawa, it had to return to White Beach for repairs and could not complete its journey.

The maritime prepositioning ship Sgt. Matej Kocak, which ran aground six miles off the coast of Okinawa, was still stuck despite several high tides early Saturday morning, Japan time, leaving Navy ...

(CNN) — An American naval cargo ship has run aground off the Japanese coast, east of Okinawa, and efforts are underway to try and refloat it, the U.S. Navy said Thursday. “The safety of the ...

U.S. Navy vessel stuck on coral reef off Okinawa A total of 131 crew members remained on board the USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak with another vessel prepared to evacuate them if necessary.

Matej Kocak arrived in the United States in 1906 from what is now Slovakia. ... Kocak led a group of Marines through heavy woods on the first day of the Battle of Soissons, July 18, 1918.

The U.S. Navy identified the ship as the Military Sealift Command prepositioning vessel USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak. The Navy said it was stuck 6 nautical miles off Uruma, on the island of Okinawa.

This handout picture taken by Japan Coast Guard on January 22, 2015 shows US Navy cargo ship 'Matej Kocak' off the coast of Uruma, Japan's southern island of Okinawa. The USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak ran ...